KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Exodus 22:13–17
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Exodus 22:13
13If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
13If it be torne in pieces, then let him bring it for witnesse, and hee shall not make good that which was torne.
Exodus 22:14
14¶ And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
14¶ And if a man borrowe ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Exodus 22:15
15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: If it bee an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Exodus 22:16
16¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
16¶ And *if a man entice a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
- Deut. 22.28.
Exodus 22:17
17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
17If her father vtterly refuse to giue her vnto him, he shall †pay money according to the dowrie of virgins.
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DEFINED WORDS
Exodus 22:13
Ripped, rent, pulled apart, or violently separated.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
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One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
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To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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Exodus 22:14
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
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To receive something for temporary use with the intention or obligation of returning it or its equivalent.
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Should or is bound to; expresses duty, fitness, or necessity.
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To harm; to damage; to injure by occasioning loss.
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The person who rightfully possesses or holds title to what is named.
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Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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Exodus 22:15
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
The person who rightfully possesses or holds title to what is named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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Employed, engaged, or obtained for an agreed payment or reward.
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Payment or reward for service; also to engage a person or obtain temporary use for agreed payment.
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DEFINED WORDS
Exodus 22:16
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
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To attract, allure, or draw by exciting desire or hope, especially toward wrongdoing.
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A young unmarried woman; a female servant or attendant.
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Promised or pledged in marriage.
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To recline, rest, remain, or be situated; also, to speak falsely or a falsehood.
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Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
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To furnish, bestow upon, or give a gift, quality, or provision.
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Exodus 22:17
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Coin or another medium of payment; wealth in spendable form.
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Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Money, goods, or property brought in marriage; also a marriage gift or payment.
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Persons who have not had sexual relations; in KJV usage, especially unmarried maidens.
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From verse 13
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Open the full verse study12Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
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Open the full verse study14Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
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Open the full verse study8¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
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Open the full verse study12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
From verse 14
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Open the full verse study19¶ Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
20Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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Open the full verse study2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.
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Open the full verse study34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
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Open the full verse study18And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
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Open the full verse study35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
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Open the full verse study11Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
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Open the full verse study42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
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Open the full verse study21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
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Open the full verse study4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
From verse 15
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Open the full verse study10For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study28¶ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
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Open the full verse study2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
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Open the full verse study25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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Open the full verse study29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
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Open the full verse study3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
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Open the full verse study16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
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